Five days later, there still no update to anything on the unknown purple liquid.
Right now, you were taking Maki to an elementary school in the Prime's alt mode. You couldn't go to work today since the library is temporarily closed because Lisa was out on vacation to visit her family.
Once you parked in front of the school, you could see some little children being guided into the building by the teachers. Maki opens the door and looks at you while clutching onto her pale lilac backpack.
"Are you going to pick me up later?" She asked in Japanese.
You shook your head, "Not this time, sweetie."
"Hm? Why not?"
"Umm...well..."
You couldn't tell her, but earlier in the morning, you got a call from Miss Martian that they covert team is in need of assistance. But when you saw the look on your niece's face, you sighed and replied to the girl's question.
"The covert team need more heroes on the field."
"Do you know what mission?" Maki asked.
"I'm not sure," you paused for a moment before continuing as you smiled, "but I'll come back in one piece."
The black haired girl smiled and hugs you tightly, making you startled because hugging her back. As Maki unwraps her arms around your waist, she gives you a peck on the cheek before exiting the truck.
"Sayonara, obasan!" She waved, "I'll see you after school!"
Before you could say goodbye to her as well, Maki was already being guided by a teacher as they walked inside the school. You smiled before closing the door as you drove out of the parking lot and into the road.
Sighing, you began to wonder what covert mission your comrade needs help with as Optimus spoke through the radio.
"I assume you are wondering what mission you'll be taking."
You nodded, "Yes, but I'm not sure how long this mission is going to take."
Silence began to linger in the air until hearing a buzz from your phone. Taking it out from your sweater pocket, you checked to see Grayson calling and you pressed the green button.
"Yes, what is it?"
"Umm, we have a problem..."
You sighed, "What's the situation?"
"Would fighting a bear wearing a inhibitor collar in an unknown forest be a good description?"
Eyes narrowing, you grabbed your comm link from the other pocket and placed it in your ear as you asked your AI to navigate Nightwing's location.
Once Kara found your friend's location, you zoomed through the screen as you read the name out loud.
"Griffin Rock...?"
Optimus knew what you said and speeded up to a maximum overdrive. Startled by this sudden move, you looked at the radio with a surprised look.
"What's the hurry, Optimus?" You asked.
"Apologies, Y/n, but there is a faster way to get to Griffin Rock." He replied.
"...Wait, you mean the ground bridge?"
The Autobot leader didn't reply as the doors to the Autobase opened. Once you and Optimus arrived to the main room, you hurried out of Prime's alt mode and rushed towards the platform.
You quickly typed in the location to where Nightwing was at as you pressed the enter button. The sound of the vortex was heard, meaning that the ground bridge is activate.
Jumping off from the platform, you rushed to a different room and changed into your dark suit in seconds. Quickly, you hurried back to Optimus as the driver was open. You entered the truck and closed the door as the Prime drives through the ground bridge.
As Prime passed through the vortex, the two of you were now in an unknown forest as you exited the bot's vehicle mode. Optimus then transformed into his bot form as you began to search for your comrade's location on your watch with your AI's assistance.
"Kara, can you find Nightwing's current location?"
Before you could hear the AI's answer, your wolf ears perked up by incoming footsteps. Turning around, you saw Nightwing trying to wrestle a dark brown bear with an inhibitor collar around its neck.
The bear removed your comrade from its back by throwing him to a tree. The former boy wonder was about to collide to a bark of a tree, but you caught him in your grasp as you placed him back on his feet.
Nitghtwing sighed and looks at you, "Thanks for the save, Midnight Walker."
You nodded before looking at the bear with a growl. The furry animal growled back as the two of you circled around each other while Optimus and Nightwing watched from the sidelines.
Cracking your knuckles, you suddenly charged at the beast and jumped onto its back. The bear growled and tried to get you off, but the beast didn't got the chance as you detached the inhibitor collar by slicing it in half with your kunai.
The furry animal soon stopped its rampage and stood on all fours as you got off its back. You then approached the bear and went face to face with the animal, gazing at its black beady eyes with a smile.
"You are free now, my friend."
The bear lightly growled and walks into the wild, finding its way back home to its cave. As soon as the bear was gone, you sighed and turned around to approach Prime and your comrade. Nightwing smiled as he walks over to you.
"Enjoyed your bear ride?"
You rolled your eyes and tossed the broken inhibitor collar to him. Nightwing caught it and began to examine the damaged collar.
"So, any ideas as to how that collar got ahold of our bear friend here?" You asked, arms crossed.
Nightwing sighed and looks at you. "I'm not sure, but I'll have to guess that The Brain might behind it."
"I was thinking the same thing, but I don't think that would be Brain's handiwork." You replied with a sigh.
"What do you mean, Midnight Walker?" Optimus asked as you and Nightwing turned to the mech.
Before you could answer, your wolf ears perked up by the sounds of footsteps coming to your threes location. The ground shook as well as you began to think it was an earthquake, but it wasn't as four different colored mechs entered the area with a boy and a young man wearing glasses and a green construction helmet.
The mech in red with the red firefighter helmet looks at Optimus with surprise. "Optimus, what brings you here to Griffin Rock?"
"And who are those humans?" The bot in blue with sirens asked, pointing his digit to you and Nightwing. "Their costumes are a bit odd to me."
"These humans are with me. Midnight Walker and I were here to come to Nightwing's rescue from the bear that chased him." The Prime answered with a smile.
"But where did the bear go?" The boy with blonde hair asked.
"The bear is now living free in the wild, thanks to Midnight Walker's rescue." Nightwing grins, making you huff.
"That's because you keep bringing these kinds of situations to me by having them chasing you." You replied with annoyance, flicking your fingers at your comrade's forehead.
The male yelped and looks at you with a pout. "That was a one time thing! One time!"
Sighing, you turned to the two civilians with the mechs behind them.
"May I ask who you all are?"
"My name is Graham, and this is my little brother, Cody." The male introduces, "The bots behind us are the Rescue Bots — Heatwave, Blades, Chase, and Boulder."
You hummed and looked up at the bots. "And who would be the leader of your team?"
"That would be me." Heatwave answered.
"I see," you then turned to Graham and asked, "is there as place we can discuss without prying ears?"
Graham nodded. You smiled as you all head out of the forest to a nearby road. The Rescue Bots and Prime transformed into their vehicle modes as Graham hops inside Boulder's. Nightwing and Cody entered in Chase's police car as you went in the red and blue truck.
You all then drove off on the road as you took off your mask and lowered your cloak. A sigh escaped your mouth when Optimus spoke through the radio.
"Is something on your mind?" He asked.
"Well...it's about the inhibitor collar that I took off from the bear." You replied as you gazed the passing trees through the window, "I known I said that Brain, who is a human brain inside a droid-like machine, isn't the one behind this but I could possibly guess who."
"And who would it might be?"
"My best guess would be..."
Your words were trailed off as you saw a red firehouse not too far. The large doors to the said house opened as the vehicles moved into the garage. Once they were inside, the three garage doors closed as Blades was coming down from the helipad.
You got out of the Prime's alt mode as Nightwing, Cody, and Graham got out as well. All the bots soon transformed into their bot modes as Heatwave looks at you.
"So, any ideas on how that bear went berserk?" He asked.
Nightwing takes out the evidence and hands it to Graham, who was looking at the broken inhibitor collar.
"What's this?"
"That, Graham, is a inhibitor collar."
Cody looks at him confused, "What does it do exactly?"
You and Nightwing exchanged looks before your comrade nodded, making you sigh before answering Cody's question.
"The inhibitor collar is used to block off a person's powers and their strength."
"But why would this type of technology be on an animal?" Boulder asked.
"That's what I would like to know."
You all turned your attention to a man in a police uniform with a young woman and a man wearing half of his firefighter uniform.
"And who are you?" Nightwing asked.
"Nightwing, Midnight Walker, this is Chief Burns, he and his family protects Griffin Rock from natural disasters." Optimus introduces.
"It's nice to meet you." The chief greeted as you and Nightwing shook hands with him.
"Same here, Chief." Nightwing smiled, "Though my partner and I could've met you on different circumstances."
"Well, it's nice to see a superhero in person." The male with orange hair grinned as he walks over to you, "Though I never heard about you. The name's Kade, Kade Burns. And you are?"
You chuckled and greeted him with a hidden smirk, "The name's Midnight Walker, though I suggest to drop the flirting act, Mister Kade."
"Oh?" Kade smirks as he got close to your face, "And why's that?"
"I wouldn't say those words if I were you, Kade." Nightwing warns him as Kade looks at your comrade.
"Is it because she's gonna—!!"
The male flinched as he felt something sharp near his neck. Gulping, Kade turned his gaze to you as he saw a kunai in your hand.
The chief was about to approach you and his son until a hand was placed on his shoulder. He looks over to his shoulder and saw Nightwing with a smile.
"Don't worry, she knows what she's doing."
"What do you mean?" Heatwave asked.
Nightwing chuckled and looks at the red mech, "You'll see."
Before Heatwave could say a word, he turned his gaze to you and Kade as you leaned close to Kade's face.
"To answer your question, Kade," you backed away as you pulled back your kunai from his neck, "I have my reasons and here's why."
Putting away your weapon, you quickly touched the ground and kicked his leg. Kade yelped as he was about to hit the floor with his back when you grabbed his white shirt.
The male looks at you while he was freaking out until you said these words to him.
"You're not my type."
Gently, you placed him on the ground as you let go of him before hearing your comm link go off. Glancing at Nightwing, he noticed your gaze on him as he looks at you before nodding.
Nodding back at him, you tapped on your comm and answered.
"This is Midnight Walker speaking."
"Forgive me for interrupting your mission, my lady, but I suggest you come back to base."